Today there is bird flu transmitting via raw milk.

...This reads like the lyrics to an abstract rock song, or a post-beatnik poem or something but no: It's an actual, real thing.

I dunno feels like I kinda wanna keep it for posterity. Y'know.

#fz_currentAffairs #H1N1 #AmericanEpidemic #Maybe

The mistery of 'Jia Tan', the mastermind behind the XZ-Utils backdoor supply-chain hack [WIRED News, April 2024]

https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/?ref=platformer.news

#OpenSource #security #fz_links #XZbackdoor #fz_currentAffairs

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.

WIRED

Currently watching back-to-back:
• Crash Course: Tubercolosis, and
• SciShow: Cancer

⚕️ https://youtu.be/7D-gxaie6UI (50 minutes)

⚕️ https://youtu.be/GkxrJSTLH_s (74 minutes)

#fz_webVideos #fz_currentAffairs #tubercolosis #cancer #PartnersInHealth #DoctorsWithoutBorders #Nerdfighteria #CrashCourse #SciShow

'If anything happens, it's not suicide' - Boeing whistleblower's prediction to family before death:

📺 https://youtu.be/sA44FFi95PA

ABC News 4 South Carolina, Mar. 15th, 2024

#Boeing #Whistleblower #fz_webVideos #fz_currentAffairs

'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower's prediction to family before death

YouTube

If you've got it into your head, into your set of beliefs, that Alexey Navalny is a "nationalist" and "imperialist", "just like Putin", then I invite you humbly to watch this video starting from 12 minutes 30 seconds:

 https://youtu.be/n02DhUQJo90&t=750

...but for proper context though I recommend watching the whole 40 minutes & 34 seconds from beginning to end.

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Navalny #fz_currentAffairs

VLAD REACTS: Peter Zeihan on Navalny

YouTube

If I were editor I'd title this:

“It’s Cold War II, and the enemies of cosmopolitan globalism are lining up to forge a new world order”

📰 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/10/21/its-cold-war-ii-and-the-enemies-of-freedom-are-lining-up/

(Yes, enemies of ‘cosmopolitan globalism’, instead of enemies of ‘freedom’.)

…And these enemies, they too would delusionally imagine themselves the “true” defenders of “anti-colonial” “freedom”.

(Hint: They're not.)

#fz_links #fz_currentAffairs #Russia #Hamas #NorthKorea #Iran

It’s Cold War II, and the enemies of freedom are lining up to bring about a new world order

This felt like the week where new battle lines were drawn between those who disavow our values and those who defend them

The Telegraph

Infighting among Russian/Kremlin elites continue...

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Post-insurrection statements by both Putin & Prigozhin, a few hours ago. On Telegram/socmed & on Russian national TV.

So is Putin going to have Pringo killed in Belarus? How about Gerasimov and Shoigu, any of them getting hanged? Or are all three going to gang-up and have Putin defenestrated? Who knows. 🙃🍿

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https://www.tumblr.com/ferdifz/721254035679772672/infighting-among-russian-elites-continue

#fz_thinkingOutLoud #fz_currentAffairs #Russia #Ukraine

Ferdi Z's primary Tumblr

Infighting among Russian elites continue... —— In real terms: tonight after more than 24 hours after Prigozhin had his Wagner troops stand down, public badmouthing among Russian elites continue to…

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Small Drones & Loitering Munitions in Ukraine - The terrifying rise of cheap precision:

https://youtu.be/AlpZf1hpQYM

#Perun #PerunVideos #WarEconomy #Ukraine #DroneWarfare / #fz_webVideos #fz_currentAffairs

16 July, 2022: Gunmen kill 10 traders, hurt 2, in Indonesia’s province of Papua. Murderers believed to be Papuan separatist rebels, possibly aligned with the West Papua National Liberation Army, local police said.

https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-8557eab22bda1e03bd3004d2703f31b9

#Indonesia #FreePapuaMovement #ArmedTerrorInPapua #RegionalPolitics #SoutheastAsia #Geopolitics / #fz_currentEvents #fz_currentAffairs #fz_links

Gunmen kill 10 traders, hurt 2, in Indonesia's restive Papua

JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Gunmen believed to be separatist rebels killed 10 traders and wounded two others in an attack Saturday in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, police said. Clashes have escalated in country's the easternmost province since last year, when rebels set fire to several schools and killed two teachers.

Associated Press